Flight Lieut Wavell Wakefield
Former MP for St Marylebone
Former MP for St Marylebone
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asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what steps Manchester Corporation have taken to supplement their water supply from underground sources such as disused mines; and what consideration has been given to the storage underground instead of on the surface of surplus or flood water from the Lake District.
Is not my hon. Friend aware that in the last 200 years thousands of millions of tons of coal and minerals have been excavated from under ground in the north of England? Does he really suggest that, as a result of this tonnage having been excavated, there is not adequate underground storage space available for the pumping into these artificial underground reservoirs of the floodwater from...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what progress has been made in the storage of water underground instead of on the surface to meet the rapidly increasing water needs for agriculture, industry and domestic purposes; and if he will make a statement.
Former MP for St Marylebone
Entered the House of Commons on 14 November 1935 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 15 November 1963 — unknown
Also represented Swindon
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